Sifter-top can



.3. M. HOITHERSALL Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

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JOHN 111:. I-IOTHERSALL, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNUR TO AMERICAN CAN CONEPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SIFTER-IOP can.

Application filed April 18, 1921. Serial No. 462,290.

This invention relates in general to sifter top cans and while the invention will be hereinafter described as embodied. in a can for talcum powder and the like, it will be manifest that it has valuable use in various other connections and may be embodied in cans particularly designed for other purposes.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of a sifter top can of the type usually employed for talcum powder and the like wherein the stop employed in registering the apertures of the closure and nozzle will not be detectable after the parts are assembled and which will be of positive ac tion and which may be cheaply manufactured.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a partial side elevation of atalcum powder can in which my invention is embodied for the purpose of illustration; and

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Thecan shown on the drawing comprises a body 11 having a sifter nozzle 12 seamed or otherwise secured thereto at 13. This sifter nozzle has a top wall 1.4 provided with the usual sifter openings 15. The side wall of the nozzle is of cylindrical form and at one or more points the material is pressed out, as,indicated at 16. This forms one or more protuberances or stops for limiting the turning movement of the closure or cap. The cap consists in the present instance of a drawn sheet metal shell having a cylindrical part 17 closely embracing the cylindrical side of the nozzle below the stop 16. There-above it is fluted or corrugated, as shown at 18, to form a hand hold and each stop 16 is arranged within an outwardly extending part or flute of such corrugation. The inwardly extending parts 19 of said corrugations engage the stop 16 to limit the turning movement of the closure, this limit ing action occurring when the sifter openings 21 of the closure are in registration with the sifter openings 15 of the nozzle.

.of any stops appear from the outside.

The cylindrical part 17 of the closure may be snapped down over the stop 16 since the parts are usually constructed of sheet metal.

It will be manifest that the structure is a simple one, easily provided without expensive tools or equipment and when the package is completely assembled no indications The stop or stops positively engage the valleys or inwardly extending parts 19 of the corrugations and because of the curvature of these parts both interengaging parts possess increased strength so that there is little danger of the forcing of the parts past the tie sired engaging relative positions.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A sifter top can, comprising a sifter nozzle of cylindrical form having a protuberance on its side, a closure cap embracing said nozzle and having perforations rotatable into and out of registration with the sifter perforations in the nozzle, the sides of said cap being fluted, the depressed portions of said sides engaging said protuberance to limit the rotating movement of said cap.

2. A sifter top can, comprising a. sifter nozzle of cylindrical form having a pro tuberance on its side, a closure cap embracing said nozzle and having perforations rotatable into and out of registration with the sifter perforations in the nozzle, the sides of said cap being fluted, the depressed portions of said sides engaging said protuberance to limit the rotating movement of said cap and bring the perforations of the closure and nozzle into registration.

3. A sifter top can, having a cylindrical wall about a wall provided with sifter openings, a stop extending out from the wall, a fluted closure having openings movable into and out of registration with said sifter openings, the depressions of the fluting engaging said stop to limit rotative movement of the closure to bring its openings into and out of registration with the sitter openings of the can.

4. A sitter top can, comprising a cylindrical wall about a wall having sitter openings, a stop extending out from the cylindrical wall, and a closure having a cylindrical part adapted to snugly embrace said cylindrical wall and fluted thereabove to provide a hand grip, and depressions engaging said stop, the cylindrical part of the closure being adapted to snap by said stop and arrange the stop within a said llutin' 5. A sitter top can, having a perforated cylindrical sitter nozzle, and acap having perforations arranged to be turned into or out of registration with the perforations of the nozzle, said cap having a lower c lindri cal part closely embracing the nozzle and having an upper part which is fluted, the flutes extending out to a distance from said nozzle, said upper part between said flutes fitting against and slidable on said nozzle.

JOHN M. HOTI-IERSALL. 

